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Google offers pretty handcuffs that developers mistake for bracelets. Consider how Google is helping the OEMs get Android updates out. Consider how easy it is
by droopybuns 10y ago
Google offers pretty handcuffs that developers mistake for bracelets.
Consider how Google is helping the OEMs get Android updates out. Consider how easy it is to call google customer care.
The real question should be: what the fuck developers? Why do you keep hitching yourself to such an unreliable partner? When is it enough?
- hellbanner 10y agoGood question. What's the alternative for delivering software to a consumer market? Many people have Android phones.
- ChuckMcM 10y agoIt would be interesting to offer a curated App store with patent indemnification and malware scanning on Android. Do the whole thing, the APIs the eco-system. Without a particular vendor lock in (like amazon fire for example) you might be able to capture the Chinese OEM market which would be a lot of devices. Very hard road to travel though.
- arm 10y agoSpeaking of app stores for Android, there’s also F-Droid¹, although admittedly, it’s not much of a 'store' considering it only lists FOSS (Free and Open Source Software). ―――――― ¹ — https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/
- cm2187 10y agoWebapps...
- corndoge 10y agoWeb does not and will never have the same quality of experience as a native application.
- takno 10y agoWhat is missing in your estimation?
- imtringued 10y agoWebAssembly and efficient arrays bounds checks.
- imtringued 10y agoWebAssembly and efficient arrays bounds checks.
- bluejekyll 10y agoDo you use slack? Is that a "web" app or "native"? I think the lines are blurring.
- netforay 10y agoIt is like using all web apps in native wrapper and the telling that all web apps looks like native apps. Slack desktop is a webapp packed in native wrapper.
- stephengillie 10y agoI use the Slack web app, but others heavily prefer the "native" aka "fat" client. The fat client isn't much more than a wrapper for the web, but both are more than just an interface for the API, which can be a bit laggy.
- Nexxxeh 10y agoAmazon have their own app store for Fire devices and Androids. It requires installing Amazon's apk though, which also requires changing a security setting.